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("No Model.)

T. J. THORP..

HORSE COLLAR.

Patented July 8, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS J. THORP, OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO D. J. BRANNEN, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSE-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,001, dated July 8, 1890.

I Application filed March 80, 1889. Serial No. 305,400. (No model.)

To all whom; it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. THORP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Flagstait, county of Yavapai, Territory of Arizona, have invented a new and useful Improvement t'or Horse-Collars, of which the following is a description sufficiently full and clear to enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same.

Myinvention relates to improvements in the neck-pad and front portion of horse-collars.

Figure l in the accompanying drawings is a perspective of a collar with a metal face-plate and a buckle for a trace and a neck-pad attached. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same, the pad and other attachments being omitted. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a neck-pad. Fig. 4 is a plan of the exterior metal plate provided with a trace-securing device. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the same, partly in section, the trace-holding device being adjusted to receive the trace; and Fig. 6 is a view of wires or rods for coupling and stiffening the metal collars sections.

The exterior of the collar consists of a thin metal plate 1, suitably shaped, as illustrated,

and supplied near its longitudinal edges with upper ends of the wires are formed heads 5 for engaging the slots 6 in the neck-pad.

The upper ends of the two halves of the collar are provided with buckles and straps for securing them together in usual manner. neck-pad is indicated by 7.

A Its slots 6 are enlarged at the bottom to permit the easy entrance or removal of the wire-heads, which latter slide in the upper end of the slot, but cannot be disengaged until slipped down to said enlarged part.

8 indicates a supplemental plate secured to plate 1 and carrying a device for engaging the end of a trace. sists of a U-shaped bracket or yoke 9,hinged to plate 8 and also to a serrated wedge 10, these being combined with a retaining bracket or bridge 11. To secure a trace therein, the parts are adjusted as indicated in Fig. 5 and the end of the trace introduced, whereupon the serrated piece 10 is moved under the bridge or bracket 11 and the trace securely clamped, as shown in Fig. 4E. The bridge is provided with two trace-receiving spaces to provide for using the traces at different heights.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. The pad provided with slots, in combination with ahorse-collar having re-ent'orcing wires provided with heads adapted to enter and engage said slots, substantially as set forth.

2. The pad provided with slots, in combina tion with a horse-collar having heads adapted to enter and engage said slots, substantially as set forth. 7

In ahorsecollar, the combination of the bridge or fixed bracket with a bracket hinged to the collar and having a wedge-shaped piece pivotally connected therewith to clamp a trace under the bridge and above the wedge, substantially as set forth.

THOMAS J. THORP.

WVitnesses:

HORATIO S. CONNER, GEO. A. HOWARD.

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